SUN FILE PHOTONorth Port High School teacher Jim Noonan talks to Coexist Club students Kirstin LeClercq and Elijah Horton about which plants are ready to be harvested at the school's community garden in December.

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SARASOTA COUNTY— Did you know that Sarasota County is home to more than 40 school gardens?

School gardens throughout the county — like the one at North Port High School — provide hands-on learning opportunities, connecting students to science, nutrition and a variety of other subjects, said Stacy Spriggs, Community and School Gardens coordinator with the county’s University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences (UF/IFAS) Extension.

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